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LITERARY CRITICISM
AND BOOK NEWS
Sir Toby, M. P., on His Famous Contempora?
ries?A Study of George Eliot's Early
Life?Other New Books of
Various Interest.
MANY REMINISCENCES.
BIXTT TEARS IN THE WILDERNESS:
MORE PA8SAGK8 i:Y THE WAY
Henry Lucy. With a fruntlsi ?
?\... : - ? ? ?:. P. Dutton K < o
Sixty Yeara in i i
Sir Henry Lucy'a epigrammatic char-i
a.'t? i izati'.ti ??t what it? ;. brief preface
he descrii.es ?,s "a 1"uk period of Inti?
m?t? lntei***oaree YYith public affaira
nnri pabUc mcn." Tlio title la n"t iiii
littlng If Yvp bear In mind the propheay '
that the wllderneaa Bhall bloaaom aai
the ros?-. For certainly, "Toby, M. P."
t.uik. s his wilderness much like a par?
es, a 1th ? nti rtalnlng remlnla? en? ? .
picturesque anecdote? of affairs and
d'-ft portraitun bewildering num
bei and rtuiety of intert sting 11
King ? na and emi ? diera
und nailon, atatesmen, scholar?
nd men and women ol
irortd all appear In his vlvacloui
> ?'?1 in lifelike guise. Th?
ii.. r. poi:t.1 ta and sienes, bul m?
pictures projected from tl?? klneto
? til?n ..j ; he \ eternn Jo
in? nii.n.
Yt ihe beginning tiio author, speak?
ing of his early experience*-, paya trib?
ute to ene of his great preceptora in
the Journallatlc trade. "Frederick
Oreanwood,*' ho says, "was the al'l??st
Journalist of his day. in editorial Rifts ;
s? ? ?nd only to, if not fully compeer,
with, Delano. Personally and profee-l
alonall] his career passed al?n? tha
highest levels of honor and capacity.
Rtalng ? ? Bheer ability from the low tat
ranks- like Benjamin Franklin, h?
Ban ag B pra? tlcal printer- he B] -
proached tin headahlp of Journalism,
and became the trusted companion and ,
counsellor ??f statesmen. No chai
fortun? altered his personal manner
??r bearing !!?? remained to the last
ti? aim pie-mannered, unaffected, kind
ly-hearted gentleman." This hoi
t.. u great J-nirnaUst who has never
received due appreciation front the
Y\??rhi at large is the more welcome
luae "f the authorit) with which
?t is Inveated bj its authorahlp.
??no i.f sir Henry'B memories of John
Bright is ?if unique Intereet it has!
loi g been well known that Bright, !
YYith ins tin,, literal, taate and nar
valloua command ??f th?- English
i"iii!ii?. never could school himself t"
?are for the urorkfl of Bhakeepeare,
There maj be some subtle link of cause
and effect between that fact and the
otii.r. which >;r Henry Lucy relat?e,
that ".nist before ids last Illness Bright
bant his clear mind and supreme ca*
Ity in aim? live study ?if thi
nonaenae one Donnelly put forth on
the subject of the authorahlp of Bhake?
Bp< I'urinf. his last appear?
:u. a at ih.- It. term ? Ti . he talked
hani'' anything but cryptogram, and
waa acornfully angry with d< -
luded people who believe that Bhake?
apeare wrot? 'Othello' us twenty
earlier he had been urlth those who,
m respe? I >>f Irish affaira, decried the
..??if m? thai 'Force is ii.. remedy.'"
M ' - aturally given i?. the
Yanous Home Rule campaigns, and
?-].??? lall) to Henry Labouch?re's part
in them the editor "f Truth" and
"Tobjr, M. '.'.." iu?\ ins; been
friends for man) .'?-ai- There la .?
characteristic touch of "Labby'a"
m m "He of hii ? ?'? i - to L
YYill? h bg -
erfe tl1 sound,
and ti ??'. have entirely rebelled against ..
few "leaders' In each l? <-<-?i.t> who ???
ci t.. ahllly-shally. Allegiance to 1
"\. m rat? .
whet. .v .. Rule, ti..-. do nut
love the in*), bul when the) find thai no
11? <i.i. Kul?' means Tories m fore?
Whigi - ; apt II So
ia I ran mak.- out the a; my is quit.
?..vu "f the plan "f cam) iigi
o i I? gal. ' "ha
- to traust, i to the fo nn of
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.iiisiM. r,, bisa .un ins words between
. i?m h?-.I t? eth as he address? d th?
? ?t ? 'ommons, standing b? for? 11
pal? with passion, with hands clenched,
? ? ' . Htalepi le m the fierce Int. nslty
of ungovernable rage."
A reminiscence of the summer <>f
188B, when ihe German Emperor ai
t.mi. ii th? British nuvai rex lea si
Portsmouth, is egpecfatll] worth recall?
ing in this day of Anglo-Qerroan naval
i iv ah . Blr H< nrj happen? .1 t" be
standing close bj the new quit i. firing
I v? i - n the IS? rman Bmperoi In
spected It. William li passed through
th?- throng of guesta and crea with atifl
militar) air, mechanlcalls acknowledg?
ing salutes. I'-ut aa soon as he atood
before the ruh his whole S'ipect
chani I it - face brightened with In?
terest, his eyea gleamed rapidly ?? ? ??*?
.t. li. Mart? t ? 'i w ith ? loaesl -111 ? nl
to exp?an itkm*. off? rW ? he lieu
? ?v\ ? i the
? | ?.:??- -. . ? trained
Pia I 1 he fi' . almost knell <m the
?h' k to ex: nine the Interior arrange?
ments, tried ' ? end eeern? d j
sorel] tempted to put bis shoulder to
t?.. wheel and train ti.* gut. hinwelf.
Bex ral times he spoke rapidly to mem
ben of his suite. Turning t.. his
brother as he nicv ed off he said: "We
milOt have that gun, and quirk. too."
A ..r.line to our author the Blll|*orOT
is not quite bo g?ood looking as he is
generally r. presented, Passing through
the crow I. he wore a heavy, not to say
sulky, look. Under the witchery <>f the
new gun he rlghtened up marvel?
hmslv. Th. Germans were, as Indeed
th.'v might well be, deeply Impressed
with the unparalleled magnitude of the
British fleet, a distinguished Amei
can r.niark?') upon the enormous dis?
play of i. I pow? r. "Yes," said a
minister particular!] vv.-i! informed as
t.. the plans and prospects of the ?d
mlralty, "bul in flx*e years, if you come
this way, we shall hav,- exactly
double this for.?' to show you."
Incidente <.f Gladstone abound, of
t ine least amusing >.f which
Involves the name ??f .. well known
American journalist :
Alwaya eager t.. lean new things t"
whatever depsrtmei l ??;' ' un ? fe 1
belong, ? ?holst.un- ha-! r.?.-- niiv discovered
that Ptlaener i?-- r was a beverage -
r be taken v.ith refreabment, and
without lubaequent regret. The enthu
- -.f the f. vv day? following tin- ?li
...? erj :? ,i t-. u ? ' av? pi ox > ?! a
regrettable Bccldenl Having occasion lo
answei a communication from Mi Pulit?
zer, tie proprietor of -i great American
? ..p? r. in-, alttlng down Just .
th?- luncheon hour, began hi? letter, ' l ?? aj
Mr Pllsener." He had finished i li
-iv.-. aigned it and ael it aside befor? bj
a . Ident, tii" little miatak? was dl cox -
ered
There are some interesting glimpses
of Henry M. Btanloy and his initial
diffidence sa s public speaker. There
ich about Lord Randolph Church?
ill and the fatuous "Fourth Part} :
and there is also a convincing confir?
mation of thai momentoua epli
when Lord Randolph "forgol Goschen"
an episode upon win. h Mr Winston
' 'i, :i chill throws sotiie doubt.
Tin >?* few txcurslons must be Buffl
,i? m to ?how the fascinating qualities
of th.se wanderings In the * ii?i* i ?
m which every appreciative reader
must wish to hav. accompanied ihe
author. Queen Victoria, King Edward, I
Emperor William, Disraeli and Glad-1
.'haiiii.?-riiiui and Labouchl re,
a b) and Arabi, ?Vana? n and ,
Shackleton, Matthew Arnold and Mar-j
? F. T m.? r Whistler. Roch? :
Boulanger and many othei inter
Intel ? gurei i ? ople the ?ies< ?1. '
and sr< pr? -? nted before us in * i
nie i -i expert obserx*er i i
Judge of men ale ;? - m It! a coi
Ing air of truth, and with an unfailing
kin.Hin.-ss- which prefers to ??well upon
ble rath-r than unpfeasanl feat
p Is a hook which ma; ??- t ? .?!
through with profil and enjoyment,
and which maj afterword i>. picked up
and dipped into I random with undl
minish? -1 . !.ai in
MUSIC AND MATRIMONY
The Music of Love and the Love
of Matrimony.
COMPOSERA IN l.(i\'i; v\i. MAR?
RIA? IE t.- i ' 'uthberl li idden ? Ith
pie.- frontier >?< >? ai d tw? :
foui ith. lustral loni ?? ?-. pp 187
Choi ' - B. ribi ?' -
if our memor; serxei s corn
vv,- on.?- heard It Stated that all tile
world l.iv.s s i"\?-t. At any rate
hav?- remarked ihm making booki ?or
"the trade" about the "loves" of the
Kieai 's a handsomely paying busi?
ness. Mr. N?.? i Willlama for Instance,
h.-.s been sufficiently diligent in 'his
business i" permH hhn, we should
Imagine, to stand before kings <>f lux
nrj An Ingredlenl sppetislng to iiif*
Btud?enta of lox*e t..t whom many of
the volumes upon tins subjecl ara bo
I Industriously prepared is a Urnen >>f
? i.ii. The greai themselves usual?
ly an ?, rv obliging In the matt? t .?!
supplying piquant "oopj," and with
much kiiuin. ss in Hghi bi?ograph? s
often conduct them?etx*ea si wickedly
oa -..m. randera could desire. Mr.
|Hodden baa nol rieaooned his volume
i rich!) m tins respect ii* sesma to ai
tuii. domesticity, and. while he h.,s
. onsldersble lightness of touch, he de?
cidedly rieglects Indelicacy, in-? pur?
pose is to |ir?..s?-ni the various .-.uni'os.
Bra deali with In a pocultlarly human,
aa oppoeed to ? purolj profess tonal,
aspect, .?no to gather within one cover
B body of Information which be "uii
stdera la nol to be found In the formal
and more technical biographie? of
composers orrttten by musical experts,
H?- .s curious to see boa the genius
behaves himself in iov?? and wedlock.
a l'i-.'ii-h cynic has said t is one of
the surest signs of genius for a man t?>
t
marry foolishly." Now, Il might he
h id that what frequentl) aeema to the
man who is not a geniua b eery fool?
;-h marriage is not ao much ao for tho
geniua himself. One man's meat is an?
| other man'a poison, Perhape, in the
lnt?e**eel of his fortunes, it would be
f..olish f?.r ;< junior clerk t" wed bis
houaekeeper*a i ook. a man of remark?
able, o\ erbeartng and erratic
might tiltil union with such a helpmate
the moel compatible and uaeful ar
rangement for him. La Rochefoucauld,
however, is reputed to be wiaer than
YYO (and, ?dits: all women are not ?v '?"!
. ooka); be obaervea that "Love often
makes a fool of tho cleverest man."
Ami again: "It belongs only to great
men ti. pooaeaa great defect*** And,
indeed, in Mr, Haddi n'a tolerant i
there la some corroboratlon of th? e
atatemi nta
The author haa n pleaeani turn of
phrase. !!?? calli ins tale one "of mua?
i. ?iiui matrimony." The chapter on
Ba? h is headed "The Prolific Pan nt." |
As u specimen of ?Mr. Hadden'a treat?
ment of h's subjecta may be quoted I
his saying concerning Johann Bebaa
? ?u Bach "He has bei n calk d 'the |
father >>f music.' The designation ma:
be debatable, bul th? re is no question
??""lit his having been the father of a
family of twenty." Intlammable bache
lora Yvili aympathlse with ii." roung
Mozarl where he atatea thai he '
never been In the habit of taking any
charge of his lint n, and he thinks noth?
ing more d? Blrable for him than ?i
y\ if?'. The music <?f lot ?. howet i :?,
more often than love of matrimony Is
the tune ??i these pagi a ?"ou i emi m
i.? r th? "s) ii"ti' m" ? oln? ?i by the yv i i.
celebrated aa .1 philosopher, Nietzsche,
for Prang Llaat: 'Liszt, or 111 - - Art of
Running After Wonen." Mr, Hadden
might bave said In one of loverai
places In his book: '*Women, or the
An of Running After Composers."
Tins M.ttiin.' is nut characterised by
Oerman profundity of workmanahtp,
but it con taina .-? collection of anecdoteg
;mii is a rather chatty affair.
THE BEAVER
Its Life and Work. Its Engi?
neering ?and Uses.
IN BEA> 1:1: Wi ?RLD B? Kno I. M
With llluatratloi a from phutograpl
th? lutht pp. 228 Houghton
Mlfflin Company.
it la apparently bb ""li worth a
i.? consider the ways of the beaver as
of the am Mr. Mills, a'ho needa no In?
tr.idui ti?.u t?? i.?\ era of nature 1 ????
ai Bpenl 1 tarter of a century atudy?
ing thin wonderful four footed met- [
neer, and communicates to aa all he
has learned In that time, Including
enthusiasm for h la subject. H.- does
not ??' ? ? layman a il h terbnl? al
xoological claasiflcationa and descrip?
tions, but ?i.-als \x lib our "111 ' ?
brother" In a popular way. Knowing
the tri!"- s?. Intimately, he differential? -
1. tween Ih.Iiy iduala and colonk
Beaver are no ni"ro equall) efficient
than m? 1, ire; th? ir work differs In
thoroughness and method; t'"-, have
bad I) and w? II organised and
atructed colonies, houses, dami and
canal* Th? ar? ? he "ue pkux
thi' New World, i' was largely In 1 ir?
suit r.f th. in that the " li'" u
to p?n?tr?t? th? neaa. Their
i klna were th? first l andard ol ? ?
chang du? earl 1 ?mm? 1 ? ?
..f the country. They hav? their lore, of
eourae. The Indian ? n dited th? m 1
cr?ai ing 11 ? habitable land ol
that once a as ,1 ?- er a ithoul
? -. Tl.?it ittl?- hunt? rs ai I aetl
believed implicitly In the beaver*a fo 1
knowledge <>f the nature 1 f the coming
wintere, and proph? led ." ording to
Its prepai itoi ictivll lea. But, -
Mi. Mills "in one month ?.f the earn?
: 1,. ? ?. u ..?.? ?. ? t ? oloniea on
pai Ing for ?1 1 mg a Intel and ol h< ? 1
foi a ahoi 1 ? u?. man) preparing for ??
hard winter and others almoal unpre
pan ?I foi an) a Inter -'t all."
Of com ' should i" 1 ? m< m
that il"' beaver, n? moi? than the ? ii?l
goose, ? ? ' ? aim. ?i i.. i" .1 weather !
prophet Man did that for them Th"
beavei 1- .1 good parent and ?< peaceful
neighbor. Soi it.- leael evidence of the
animal's efflcienc) and wisdom ol "i
; ration Is the fa? t. attested to by
thi author, that, with all Its work, It
manages i" iak? abundant time f>>r real
and play. The chapters on it-^ englneei
iin? festa, Ita building of dama canala
and houaea an r-aptlvating reading,
Atid aftei one ims read the gna]
chapter on their work as conservatoi .
as water 1 nglneera In Ihe Ben.I
man, one ngrees with the author that
"a live beaver ia more valuable to man
Kind th.m a dead one." a beaver com?
munity n worth visiting under Mr.
Mille'a guidance.
A GENIUS IN ADOLESCENCE
A Study in Literary Origins?
George Eliot's Early Life.
THE BARIA Ml 1: I ?P (JE< UtOE
ELIOT B) Mar) II. I'.-akui. M ,Y ,
on rti.i 1. .J..I111 Rright Fellow. With sn
iutri.ilu.t'.i j u"t? i,\ ? 11 11,1 ford,
l.iti. l>.. 1 ?iiv? ? -u .,1 Manch? at? 1 Pub?
lication . No 1.XX1 ?.... i?i. >.-. 111 iaa
Longmans, < Ir? n 1 1 '..
An admirable series "f books, which |
a? etna to ba 111 ? inn?' known in this
countrj. la thai ? ailed the "Publl? a
lions of ih" Unlverslt) <?f Man? hostet "
Must <?f the volumes of thla series an
dir? < 11) ni' ant, nui? ? ?1. fot i ? pi of?
atonal scholar, i?ui a coupl? "? s.? of
years ago there appeared, yy?iIi this Im?
print and m th> ex? client librar)
format of the series, a volume of fine
reading for the general literal-) reader
.? acholarlj yel emlnentl) readable
Btud) <?f a Bubjecl yy.' tak. in be en-1
grossing, Tins 1.k yy.is "The Liter?
al. Prof cesi?n in the Bllaabethan
Age." There la non before us from the
preoa of the Univerait*- a Yvurk .>r in<?
? ii.ua. ter. It is b ? toas and detailed
atudy; valuable, yv?. think, i?i any one
Intercalad In the hlgtory <?f literatura
and tii" psychology of the exrepUonal
mind. Tha author is arholty occupied
with the obacun preparatory years ol
the novelist, and lg**?eg*es almoal en
1 rel) the salient ?venta ?>f her hater
?caret r. v. 1 la it not trne thai t?? tha
parson of intolloctual curloaltj it is
jaat la the years of developanent that
the chief int.r?-st of almost ever) ? ?
life lies? The writer ggyg; "While tin
youthful experiences <?f a writer an
unknown or imperfectly understood wt
.annoi hop.- t.. ;tj>|?r?-?-i,-.t?- Justly cither
his mature work or himself" In this
study no striking new them y is pul
forward and not many fresh details are
added. The material here, rendered
more g. rierally available than here?
tofore, is drawn from the letters
George Eliot wrote in early lift and
; from those of her later years m which
she refers t" her youthful aspirations
ami experieniTea; from the books shs
read in youth and the hooks she after?
ward err?te, and from available ex?
t- mal sources.
Th.- England "l .sill the ?ear in
which George Eliot was horn is
sketched th?- Midland scenery and the
Intelle? tuai ami religious atmoophere ?>f
(th. day, We glimpse Robert Evans in
Ins daily life and in his household, and
foll?n the development >.f ins daugh?
ter Mari.m fr.nii a sensitive, passionate
? hild in'" -t pious, introspective maiden.
We follow tins ciri through her early
admiration for sir Waiter Bcott, her
school days, housekeeping and studies
to her Ural stages of free thinking, ami
observe the Influences moulding her re?
markable character. George BUot'a
work m London as a reviewer and
essayist i- dealt with at length. Then
? mins th?- love st?.ry that is an integral
part <?f the history of Bngllafa lit-j
? rature "Through her long up-1
prentice-ship t<? literature hope faded i
and languished until th.- energy of I
another, livelier nature suddenly re?
vived it. the great effort was made and
the artist found her true work."
Barly full of sslt-?lstrust, a quality of
mind inherited, the writer helieves.
from lor father, along with his love of
g.I work and his general uprightness
..f character, the future commanding
novelist came tO that fatalistic v iew
which bas ever been tin ?jupportlng
philosophy of conacloua genius sorely j
.n,,!. .m about thlrty-elghl ?<ars of]
ag. ihe wrote t.. an ..hi friend:
I am v.-ry hnpp) ?*99Tto ??***?*
blesslna life ''an give us. the ?perfect. lov,
and sympathy-fa nature that stl tii n? ?
my own to healthful activity, litost, too.
that ail ti,.- terrtbl? pain i h. ivi g ?
through In post yes?, p*''"> r.,,',r'? ? ..
f.-, ts of mv own nature, partlJ ln" ,.";
?v.,m? things, boa probabl: been ? " ?':
ran.... for -.i..*- st..-rial work thai i maj
do n? fore I die.
Th. phenomenon of genius has been j
defined in all sorts ol ways herd work.
. ap.o It? to take pain-. Sud So Ml. '''""
thought has oit.ti been hi our own
head thai th? rnntnspring of tbiaringu
h.r thing is ?eanetimes t<? be found in
that singularly rare impuis.-. s deep
de<-lr. to make something for poster?
ity, something t.. ''gladden and dienten
human hearts In years t.. ? -orne " Ai
an rar.. George BllOl bad su? Il B 'I''
sii. profoundly. This ronecientloua .
s, -..i, fun,,ws ti - . ourse of her earthly
end spiritual pilgrimage up t.. the time
of the beginning "f the production of
th.. . n. .v ?is she wrote whl. h the world
du. s nol as yet seem dlop?c?aed wlUlngly
to let die,
NEW NOVELS, GRAVE AND LIGHT
A Romance of Greenwich Village?M. Henri Bordeaux
on Contemporary French Life and Character?
Adventure and Adventurers.
IN GREENWICH VILLAGE.
THE CREEPING TIDES. A Romance of
an i'i?l N'clghborh.i Bj Kate Jordan.
Frontispiece by l-uclua Wolcott lllt.-h
.??.?k I'm... pp KM, Boston: Uttle,
Brown a ?'...
Greenwich Village has lost mnrh of
the picturesque Importance it held In
New fork's fiction In th-? d.?\s of
Henry Cuyler Bunner and "Colonel
< '.?rt. r of Cartel li Is, a^ a
matter of fact rapidly surrenderii
Ling maintained individuality t?? the
Imperioua invasion of i world city's
Th. more wel? ? me, then, this
tale <>f .?t ?? of it " ti a ning no? I - ?
quiet .m?! hiding, where tw?. hunt?.I.
pr? a 11 bed human b< ing find i
other, and find ? ? aa the
creeping t,.!? s ..f ,i.?...?.. i and expoa
ur?. ?ita\x u? ,ir. r and nearei their
? ? ? Both I ? guilt) ' ? ' guilt
i loth hat >? paid the i- nalt) ? a
a? t< ?l and ni"r.. i.?it so? let? nevei I
? ? ntent y\ nil that it must i unish and
purilsh again till the end of th< ?r d
ll'ti r theh n exiBtence In Greet
\\ I? h Vlllag? II would ? unfair t?.
? . ? uiei t" r- \ eal in.>r> of I
plot that rea? ht - from I England to
I ndia and the Phtllpi . \ , r, .?
.?ii?i Newport t.. Fifth avenue, t.? ti?
thr last threnda ? f its woof In an ob
N< ITork Btre? t. und? i the
i.la. i ? ... ?'.;ii.|.-^. u. hind '
tered Domingo mahogan) doora of
a Ki *i manaion i"ns fallen
bite.
Then romance n-plenl the
roman ? maturity that haa lived and
that knot f< and I
und tii.- ? ? ran boon ol
? i i not m id?
. ;. i., topograph? ??? local
? i ? Gre? ravi.'!) Vlllag
on)) as a background, but no b< I
im ?.th. r l?a? kground ? OUld ha ? 1" ? u
found in Neu v? rk foi |ual ii" kind
of atoi*)' lin- is.
FRENCH COTTONWOOL
THE IKY!?. OF I.I y in ; Bj It? my
Bortleaui y uthorix? ?! I !ngll*h ' ? i
Ruth Hel? u I 'in i- !.'. p ?
i i' i tutton ft i '?.
novel, publish? ?I in Krance in '
i'?.. ha? sine? be? n crowned b) thi
i'i? u. u y. ademy and I ? i aaaed j
through n ah) < ditlon i. ii ia a pi..t. at, |
aa th- i ni.- sufflci? ntly indi? ites, agalnat
thai lupi on of the Indlt ulual. thai
feai "i Ind? pend ne? in th? fac? ol tra?
?litimi- and Hi" i owsra lbal b? ? hlch
m,, i?. traced m all the reiatioi ?
FYench life; m i h" feai of y oung m? n
and .- "in,?; \x omen i" take theh fai
ai .1 happlnesa Im i i heir on ti ha n>'.- .u
i? .??I i.f tamely submitting in ih" "au't
ubl? ' marriage arrangi ?i foi them; it
th. willlngneaa ??f Frent'h youth t.? dm
supported i" its par? ut-. and later b)
.u -'?'.. m th. . . ire t" Ih?? toftlv, I
pleaaantly, avoiding all atruggle foi |
ti net a-- ill" Anglo-Huxon kn<
? , th.- lin ad .i public opinion thai
makes cowards >i ih" s? nnuis .,f tha
in tl..- la 1, ..I ' lu t gy thai, rtc ? I
cording t?. M Bordeaux preval?a, und,
und? rminea Hi" tnngth of the nation. ;
Truth i" i'". M. Bordeaux'a introdui -
lion '" '??s ii"Y"I ? ni"i" int? t?' ting i"
us that Ig th?? novel itself. M. Rang
i >..nuil.' laud - it m a revieu repi inted j
in.m ih.- "Journal d? s D?bats," and i
w?-i? .?m. s ?t aa a aholesome reaction
t r? .tii French naturalism to realism.
That simple realism, dealing with iif":
m its normal averages-, is no novelty to i
,i We have had it arlth us thee? many
, ? - win? h '!?" u"t preven! the '
book from being a sympathetic, well
v ritt' ii Btory ..f ih?- ?"111111.111 lut us I
French hf.- shapes li when th" preva?
lent "fear of ii' Ing ' la submitted t>>
without revolt
VERY LIGHT.
T\. 'i BHALL BE n< WN Bj Th? odotre
i ;.li idgt? Robert* I Ilustrate?j l?nio,
pp. ,r?. Caaaell y Co
Goodneaa knows what David West*
ley's botiae will do when It grows up!
"A tax: WOS Summoned." Mr W?-st|. v
"jumped m und gave Du- addross of his
own bouse, g grotesque lower ??i g plac?
w hi? ti. though oui.? thirty years old,
bulged upon the thoroughfare with
Moorish doorways an.) Gothic wiit-dirws,
Norman battlements and Roman
porches." Th?? reader, however, h* not
permitted to obosrvs much further the
a.ti.ins uf this antartolnlng houos in
its earl) 80*a, There occurs what
tin- author desatibes as a "rumpua." I
Dorothy Gordon calls it a "spat," Well, j
anyway, Captain Waltet Joice'a i.
"xx.-nt white as th" marble <?f th?. clock
above th" fireplace." Dorothy's fa. r
"sYtiit arhtta as popar." Als.., sh.?
"prop.-d i.iindi? for Bupport." Becauos
"gray and black shadows en wound her;
the chimes of a thousand ?listaut bel?
fries struck Inint and thin, bul with
infinite confusion, upon her ears." And,
g.Inesfl gracious! "she fell close be?
side and beneath tin- little table, the
lega .-f which terminated in knuckled
.laws of brass." Now, all this was be?
-? ti?, ?aristocratic Gtnrtton w?as so
Ijealoua of the Bngllshman, Captain
Jolco. s?, h. ordered his volel to g<i
? together hla shooting things, and went
' av..-!? off m Ihe Canadian .?de to
I pout But land Bakes! Doroth)
j onlj fooling him. Bhe dldn'l love the
Captain In the least, and II all cornea
out m the end ns ni? i os ? an b? for
.v. t ?'. bod*. ii. av? n, ma) ne. only
knows ?* ii. these two ahould hax*e
| born.
ANOTHER LADY PEGGY.
Mi LAD, PKGOV LtSAVKfl TOWN.
I.-. Mathewi Krontla
pli ? . Moffat, i -ii'i
\ gallan! Btorj. tins, of the mod? rn
"Lad] Peggy," a high-bred English girl
of to-ds) win. is the descendant <'f
heroine of Mlaa Mathews'a earliei
Lad] Peggy < loes to Toe ?
Bh? .. ? i ' fi tchlng" person xx'ith
her maid? n aunt. Miss Psmels Bur?
goyne, h-r Ladyship departs from the
i I'in/.i. stealing mischievously off with?
out a word, and thereby leaving smarl
,'n.w York distracted and shrouded
m gio.itn. Bom? gloom) gentlemen
"soughl further distraction In gam?
me m d? ' ant? ra, some In
the a"? I? i of Isdlra who were also
pfair. while three of Hum quitted town
t-?.. m >.ar. h of oblivion, ami likewise
n-1: .a m;. Lad] Peggy hem If."
Bhe had rigged up s s? heme whl? h she
! ex pe ted to produce ? kind of opera
11 omique, it does this and more
Representing herself oa ;? young widow
and assuming the name >>f a formel
i admirer who, sh>. undersl.I, was
kilt? ?i m th.- Philippines, the Lad)
Pegg) d< Boh un linda thai the comedy
in..- ..n i grim aapeel when Kent
? Irai i"t. hunted as a bp) . tutus up si
the military barracks near where ahe
1 - - (,-"'?? ? nd ' laims her as his w tie.
A a. rn a "f unexpected ami exciting ad?
ventures foiloa'a in ..ne . hspter Lad)
Peggy finds herself confronted with
twii aimull ? ? ? proposali la?> pis
?ni a marriage > eremon)
"You're a d?sad m.nc' Hammond cried
out lustilv.
"Thai i Bwesi ? i nevei be!" i.a-iy
1 .;? ti.. i-.-rai Bans back
Everything ends beautifully, The
i.k Is written with -. light literar*
tOUl'h and has plenty Of "*?,"?
ENGLISH LIFE.
WM.i LAL'GHfl LABT Bj Ashton Hil
II? rs l2mo, pp v, in. Q i* Putnatn -
i me of the entertaining things m
tin? entertaining world is the study of
Language. There recentl) fell m our
way a copy of a journal devoted :..
Ho- moving im Hil?- husines-. Il was
delightful. H vva- written m a lan?
guage absolutely nen under the aun.
We learned with pleaaure that.amor.*]
oth.r iinng-, ih. Ulan.? friends of -Mr.
Bo end-Bo, who ha.i appeared in aol
many iar.<'Hinting reels, would regret :
his 'retirement from Ihe screen.''
Tinre is, t>><>. for Instance, ths remark?
able language of baseball, and there
us?-?! t., he, before one wenl upstairs
on the right Bide Of a ihlp, a Hin- hit: ,
guag?- of the sea. And vi-iting for?
eignera from England have sometimes
sani that the) rather fancied the
United stat-s Language. Well, tins
conectentiousl) wrought and artlstta
nove) of the present English well-to-do
class?e, English sport and English
business \hii.;is m profusion -m Eng?
lish Language thai mi American ever
could learn t" apeak gracefully an I
with fluency. Ami if the Bngileh sink?
en n.r ..?v n land to-daj La some? ?
! thing fai other than thai tin- early !
nn.-i. r- of id,- tongue dipped from :
the crystal springs m it- sousoe, it
would m. moi., w. believe, give John
Milton a "start" than ih?- gorgeous
Vi-hl? le for his thoughts employe?) l,v
Mr. WJIbraham d? Savigny-i'onv -ri
I Wlnterbourne ("Billy" In his Meada),
Riib-iieut, nani. when the story opens,
i" th.- Baal Weasel Regtownt, or tin
lik>- |'ar,i|ihernali,. for SXprOBalon of
his family, friemla and e*oemlea, Redd?
?is ..f go?,?! novela are acquainted nith
Mi-. It Uli. rs. ami will mil he ?lis.ip
Ipointed in this study, i.nv.rs of traahl
will l.e |?,r,,(| with the story of Rillv,
who lniMH-f iitly (tOO innocently, v.c
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"To If, I. ?"..," the reader -aill per
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ANOTHER HIGH ROAD.
IP IAD ' ?i* I.1VIX11 Ml A' Bj W ||
gton ? "omfort i *roi lispl? ? i s M.
!.. '..i?.- Bra? kert I I
delphla The i B Llpplni otl
To th? .i \ -i ag< ; ? ti- t Mr. ' ?omfoi * ]
muai appeal to be a noveliat divided
against himself. Interested In the bor?
derland of Ihe ur life, con
Btsntly preoccupied YYith the "psychic"
and th" aubconscioiia and their phe?
nomena, a believer In reincarnation, be
.-. at th. same lim?*, a writer of rat?
tling adventure n ia bis combination
of these '\yu elements which undoubt?
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bul a bli h ais.? m ist keep from him a
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doubled ?nteres! to perfection and Is
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work Here Is a ? Lsible Y\.iid of a<
tii.n. <?r danger and courage, linked to]
a aeml-viaibls world ol the apirit and
th" emotions. The hero und heroine
paaa through the Boxer rebellion in the
Interior of China, and there is g rous?
ing closing episode at ?i mining camp
? ?ti the front lera of Peru and Ekuador,
B "no man'a land" of untold ri. ties,
which ?'ti American pirate financier haa
seised and holds b) force "i" arma. N i
better tale of ingenious daring, of
fighting and a bidden retreat, ? oi
atructed b) prehistoric builders, could
ba ieelrsd. As for the emotional life
of the leading characters, that rises
above invention and imagination toi
poetic, iiiY'sti.' fancy. An Intereetlng
book it is, from first i?i last, for those
Y\h?i are In sympath) w i 111 Mr, Com-I
i fort's view.-- and Idean, Aa to the min
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uted. it may be 1
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